Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 10 weeks, 4 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
14. 21
15. 20
16. 19
17. 18
18. 17
19. 16
20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
24. 11
25. 10
26. 9
27. 8
28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	533	818–989	45.3	6	36	17
The Rock	89	156–160	49.4	1	11	1
Grenzo	8	19–12	61.3	0	1
Abzan Midrange	36	64–81	44.1	0	1	1
Selesnya Midrange	12	17–25	40.5
Jund	7	9–12	42.9
Blink	33	61–50	55.0	1	4	3
Graveyard Value	16	13–30	30.2
Enchantments Matter	9	10–18	35.7
Allies	4	3–8	27.3
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	8	3–16	15.8
Mardu Midrange	6	3–11	21.4
Vampires	10	7–23	23.3
Mono Black Vampires	4	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	4	1–9	10.0
Legends Midrange	11	14–18	43.8
Boros Legends Midrange	6	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Legends	4	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	9	12–22	35.3
Naya Midrange	1	1–4	20.0
Big Red	6	6–16	27.3	0	3
Mono Black Midrange	5	0–11	0.0
Dimir Midrange	24	44–33	57.1			3
Angel Tribal	18	28–32	46.7	0	3
Toughness Matters	5	4–8	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	10	18–13	58.1			2
Mutate	2	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	22	33–49	40.2	0	2
Fight Rigging	10	19–20	48.7	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	32	86–45	65.6	3	6	3
Owling Mine	1	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	3	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	42	78–70	52.7	0	3	2
Zur the Enchanter	1	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	19	25–36	41.0
Hero of Precinct One	10	16–19	45.7
Mardu Hero	1	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	1	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	2	3–4	42.9
Clerics	8	15–10	60.0	1	2	1
Artifact Midrange	13	8–30	21.1
Death Cloud	15	31–32	49.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	227–265	46.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	40–50	44.4
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–4	63.6
White Weenie	25–31	44.6
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–5	37.5
Soldiers	7–9	43.8
Mono White Humans	11–17	39.3
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Zombies	7–1	87.5
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	42–43	49.4
Affinity	38–38	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	34–36	48.6
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–5	72.2
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	9–3	75.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	40–59	40.4
Selesnya Humans	1–5	16.7
Boros Humans	18–21	46.2
Orzhov Humans	21–32	39.6
Legends Aggro	12–11	52.2
Boros Legends Aggro	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	5–4	55.6
Permanent Vacation	8–16	33.3
Pirates	7–17	29.2
Combo	145–182	44.3
Storm	11–4	73.3
Citadel Storm	3–4	42.9
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–5	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	27–54	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–5	0.0
Runeflare	1–7	12.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–6	40.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	14–7	66.7
Oops All Spells	12–7	63.2
Oops All Lands	20–31	39.2
Dredge	16–23	41.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	14–17	45.2
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	7–9	43.8
Restore Balance	8–7	53.3
Gyruda	3–6	33.3
Midnight Mass	1–4	20.0
Control	103–143	41.9
Esper Control	18–22	45.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	13–35	27.1
Turbo Fog	9–5	64.3
Izzet Control	6–4	60.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–3	25.0
Boros Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Control	6–9	40.0
Cruel Control	5–7	41.7
Stax	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	14–8	63.6
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Control	8–26	23.5
Prison	5–5	50.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	44–58	43.1
Aristocrats	33–54	37.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	29–52	35.8
Burn	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	35–43	44.9
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Tempo	17–22	43.6
Mono Blue Librarians	10–11	47.6
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–6	25.0
Azorius Tempo	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	43–65	39.8
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	6–5	54.5
Sunforger	4–3	57.1
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	5–0	100.0
Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	23–51	31.1
Midrange	183–183	50.0
The Rock	38–27	58.5
Grenzo	2–4	33.3
Abzan Midrange	11–13	45.8
Selesnya Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	7–13	35.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	6–7	46.2
Angel Tribal	6–6	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	9–8	52.9
Fight Rigging	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	14–28	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–19	40.6
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	8–8	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–1	83.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	10–4	71.4
Death Cloud	6–8	42.9
Ramp	37–50	42.5
Carth Superfriends	3–11	21.4
Applejacks	3–0	100.0
Field Ramp	27–34	44.3
Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0